German Masculine Noun Forms

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How to identify if a noun in German is masculine and what the exceptions are.
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-ant, -ast, -ich, -ig, -ling, -or, -us All nouns that end in one of these suffixes are masculine. Examples on the following cards
der Konsonant b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w y z (non-vowels)
der Kontrast 🌓
der Teppich
der Käfig
der Schwächling 🚫💪
der Faktor Something that contributes to an outcome.
der Zirkus 🎪
Nouns formed from strong verbs In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is a verb that marks its past tense by means of changes to the stem vowel. Examples on the following cards
der Betrieb
der Biss Biss von 87!?!?!
der Fall 🕵️‍♀️ (not detective) or an instance
der Gang
Common Exceptions for nouns formed from strong verbs continue to the next slide
das Grab
das Leid 😢
das Maß 📏🍌(for scale)
das Schloss 🏰
das Verbot 🙅‍♂️🙅‍♀️🚭🚫⛔🔕🚷🚯🚳🔞📵🚱
60% of all nouns ending in -en, -el, and -er examples on the following cards
der Hafen
der Flügel
der Schatten
der Fehler
All nouns referring to people (most are taken from verbs) Examples on the next cards
der Bäcker 👨‍🍳🎂
der Fahrer
also family members examples der Onkel Der Bruder meiner mutter Mein vaters bruder
der Vater 👨‍👩‍👧 (the one in blue)
Some exceptions (these are not masculine) all gerunds (nouns derived from verbs in English these usually end in -ing) see examples next cards
das Essen But also the act of consuming these
das Fahren (Gerund examples end here. More exceptions on next cards) 🚗⬅
die Butter 🧈
die Regel 🤴👑👸
die Wurzel
die Geisel
das Fieber 🤒🌡
das Segel
das Zeichen ☢☣🛑☮✝☪🕉☸☯🕎🔯⚠🚸♻
Note: There are no -en nouns that are feminine
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